UPDATE: Polls for Round 1 closed at 9 PM EDT Sunday night. Vote in Round 2 now!
The people have spoken, and the brackets are ready for the Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament!
Thanks to the thousands of people who voted in the seeding process, as well as all of you who added your favorite webcomics to the list. We’re adding all of the webcomics you suggested to our directory.
But now, the challenges start!
Okay, so Wesley and Fred are getting romantic advice from Agent Coulson, while Captain Mal Reynolds, Detective Kellerman, and Garfunkel lurk around in the background, in Joss Whedon’s latest iteration of the Avengers… oh, just watch. It’s Shakespeare, it’s good for you.
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?articleID=131671
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide was first published in 1970, with a second printing required later that same year. Beginning with the fourth edition, published in 1974, the Guide began featuring original art on its covers. As they’re getting ready to reveal the covers for The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #43, they’re offering readers a chance to vote by decade for their favorite Guide covers of all time.
Spider-Man might be a fictional superhero, but at least two of his tricks exist in the real world. Now, scientists have shown that it’s possible spin silk strong enough to stop a train, and are crafting a new, super-sensory suit that warns its wearer when someone — or something — is approaching.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/spiderman-physics/
UPDATE: This round is closed. Vote in Round #1 now!
Yes, it’s that time of year again, the time where bracketology reigns supreme and the cry around the nation is “Win or Go Home!” Last year’s Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament was incredibly popular, and so we’re doing it all over again– and raising money for the Hero Initiative in the process! Find out how…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/drm-lawsuit-independent-bookstores-amazon_n_2727519.html
The White House has a petition to appoint Randall Munroe, creator of xkcd, to be the new Secretary of Energy. The petition explains that Randall Munroe has displayed the ability to explain complex topics in a wry, easily digestible fashion to millions of people 3 days/week in his web comic. As Secretary of Energy, he will be able to have an even larger platform for this purpose, and probably more importantly, the ear of the President of the United States.
Better hurry, though– the petition ends March 3 and he needs 99,000 more signatures.
Spoiler: it’s you. And the publishers, because they don’t make it easy for new readers.
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